APWC vs DY vs VRT Stock Comparison

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable, Dycom Industries and Vertiv Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DY Dycom Industries Inc
$228.68 -15.8% 1M -21.7% 1Y
Market cap
$6.67B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Utility Construction Industrials
2 wins
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
$199.91 -21.1% 1M +7.4% 1Y
Market cap
$80.19B
P/E
46.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.48B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Vertiv Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Vertiv Holdings 7, Dycom Industries 2, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPWCDYVRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $25.15M $6.67B $80.19B VRT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 3.7x — 46.3x APWC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.9x 28.9x DY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.0% — +26.2% VRT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.3% — 15.1% VRT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.1% — 24.0% VRT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -36.0% -21.7% +7.4% VRT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.1%/yr +23.6%/yr +52.0%/yr VRT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.0% 53.0% 66.0% DY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 — 60/100 VRT

Percentile Scorecard

APWCDYVRT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPWCDYVRT
Valuation 70 #62 of 203 – 30 #142 of 203
Growth 65 #67 of 187 – 100 #2 of 187
Profitability 25 #140 of 185 – 99 #3 of 185
Financial Health 79 #47 of 219 57 #25 of 57 56 #96 of 219
Shareholder Returns – – 16 #129 of 153
Overall 59 – 60
  • APWC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • DY ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • VRT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPWCDYVRTSPY
1 month -9.0%-15.8%-21.1% -0.8%
3 months -20.4%-46.1%-30.4% +3.5%
6 months -17.7%-45.0%-38.0% +7.0%
Year to date -35.1%-32.3%+23.4% +12.2%
1 year -36.0%-21.7%+7.4% +13.0%
3 years -3.2%+170.1%+448.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -1.1%+39.3%+76.5% +23.1%
5 years -58.4%+187.7%+709.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -16.1%+23.6%+52.0% +11.0%
10 years -43.7%+215.4%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -5.6%+12.2%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAPWCDYVRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.0%53.0%66.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.7%50.8%67.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.611.752.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.61-0.410.11 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.9%-58.0%-70.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.1%-57.3%-46.9% -1.8%
52-week high $2.09$535.20$376.23 $779.14
52-week low $1.21$224.52$149.83 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPWCDYVRT
P/E now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 26.0x —median 25.7x 44.4xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.9x —median 0.8x 6.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x —median 12.9x 29.9xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.7xmedian 21.4x —median 22.5x 26.3xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 2.2x 3.7xmedian 2.3x 16.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.26 —median 0.56 0.40median 1.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPWCDYVRT
Revenue $529.68M – $11.48B
Gross profit $43.84M – $4.37B
Operating income $13.32M – $2.17B
Net income $11.40M – $1.73B
Free cash flow -$6.69M – $2.93B
EPS (diluted) $0.33 – $4.41
Cash & equivalents $64.58M $709.17M $2.81B
Total debt $194.37M $5.82B $2.94B
Shares (diluted) 20.62M 29.33M 392.75M
Enterprise value -$195.48M $5.80B $70.81B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPWCDYVRT
P/E 3.7x – 44.4x
P/FCF -3.7x – 26.3x
P/Operating cash flow -3.7x – 22.9x
P/S 0.0x – 6.7x
P/B 0.1x 3.7x 16.2x
P/Tangible book 0.1x 7.3x 26.0x
EV/EBITDA – – 29.9x
EV/EBIT 1.2x – 35.3x
EV/Revenue 0.0x – 6.7x
EV/FCF -2.3x – 26.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -2.3x – 22.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 0.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPWCDYVRT
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.0% – 26.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 21.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 29.4% – 36.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 29.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 56.4% – 39.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 55.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 101.1% – 113.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 112.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 119.1% – 111.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 110.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -138.0% – 135.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 91.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -138.0% – 134.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 100.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPWCDYVRT
Gross margin 8.3% – 38.0%
EBITDA margin – – 22.3%
Operating margin 2.5% – 18.9%
Pretax margin 2.8% – 18.4%
Net margin 1.3% – 15.1%
FCF margin -1.3% – 25.5%
Operating cash flow margin -1.3% – 29.2%
Return on equity 4.2% – 38.5%
Return on assets 2.6% – 11.8%
Return on invested capital 4.1% – 24.0%
Return on capital employed – – 29.4%
Asset turnover 1.2x – 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.6x – 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPWCDYVRT
Debt / assets 13.3% 47.1% 18.5%
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.5x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.1x
Debt / FCF -8.7x – 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 38.6% 68.9% 70.1%
Equity / assets 61.4% 31.1% 29.9%
Interest coverage 7.7x – 41.4x
Current ratio – 2.7x 1.4x
Quick ratio – 2.4x 0.9x
Cash ratio – 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – – 5.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPWCDYVRT
Dividend yield – – 0.1%
Net buyback yield – – -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPWCDYVRT
Forward P/E – 13.9xFY2026 28.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $16.42FY2026 $6.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +37.2%FY2026 +64.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +28.1% +40.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $7.06BFY2026 $14.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +27.2%FY2026 +43.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +26.8% +20.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPWCDYVRT
Held by institutions – 92.8% 81.7%
Institutions holding – 618 2,037
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.1% +0.0%
Institutions buying – 339 1,170
Institutions selling – 210 690
Buyers to sellers – 1.61 1.70

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APWCDYVRT
APWC 1.00 0.06 0.20
DY 0.06 1.00 0.47
VRT 0.20 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APWC, DY and VRT?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) $25.15M, Dycom Industries (DY) $6.67B, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) $80.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, APWC, DY and VRT?

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 3.7x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 46.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dycom Industries (DY) is cheapest (Dycom Industries (DY) 13.9x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 28.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) +9.0%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +26.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) has the highest net margin (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 1.3%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 15.1%). On return on invested capital, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) leads (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 4.1%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 24.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Vertiv Holdings (VRT) returned the most: Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) -36.0%, Dycom Industries (DY) -21.7%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +7.4%. Over five years, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) compounded fastest (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) -16.1%/yr, Dycom Industries (DY) +23.6%/yr, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +52.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dycom Industries (DY) has been the steadiest (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 59.0%, Dycom Industries (DY) 53.0%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 66.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APWC, DY and VRT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.